Hank

It is November 19 and it has yet to hit freezing in Boston. Has the first freeze ever been so late before?

When pasturized orange juice, either in a carton after being opened or made from canned concentrate, is left in the fridge for a couple of weeks it ferments. The same happens with other opened or made from concentrate pasturized sweet fruit juices, Is this fermentation alcoholic? If not what are the fermentation products produced

When pasturized orange juice, either in a carton after being opened or made from canned concentrate, is left in the fridge for a couple of weeks it ferments. The same happens with other opened pasturized sweet fruit juices, Is this fermentation alcoholic? If not what are the fermentation products produced?.

When pasturized orange juice, either in a carton after being opened or made from the concentrate in a can, is left in the fridge for a couple of weeks it ferments. Is this fermentation alcoholic? If not what are the fermentation products produced?.

One thing about mutations resulting in new species evades my understanding. If a dramatic mutation resulting in a new gene or chromosome occurs to an individual how does it get passed on? The chances that the same dramatic mutation will occur to a second individual of opposite sex of the same species and the 2 individuals will meet and made are 99.9999999+% none.

The recent horrible tornadoes in Joplin and Tuscaloosa have been commonly described in the newspapers and in TV and radio commentaries (including NPR) as "Force 5 - with winds of up to 200 mph". But I always thought that Force 5 was winds of 300 mph and above - which is how it is described on Wikipedia. Certainly the damage in Joplin and Tuscaloosa suggest the latter. What is the story - has the Force Scale been changed or is the media (including NPR and The New York Times!!!) somehow getting it wrong???)

Is it true that aside for Ontario wineries being each allowed to have sales kiosks at a couple of supermarkets the only province where one can buy beer and wine generally at food markets, convenience stores and some gas stations, like in many of the USA states and in Europe, is Quebec??

Do any others in SA land wonder, why I do, why Massachusetts and Boston, otherwise so adept at promoting historic sites, have not commemorated Malcom X's Boston home? I realize that it is still a private residence but even so I think that at least a plaque is merited.

How did the French word entrée meaning in terms of dining the first course or appetizer(s) (synonym of hor d'oeuvre) morph in American English to mean the principal plate or main course? Are there any other English speaking countries in which 'entree' means main course??

Do you agree that GM's new Volt's advertising slogan (for the USA) of "It's More Car Than Electric"

must be one of the worst of all time????? To me, it is saying: "Don't worry. It will still move."

Am I the only person scratching his head over this news story? Why would terrorists mail packaged bombs from Yemen, packages from which which would most likely be intercepted and scrutinized

and inspected, instead of sending them from a terrorist cell located in western Europe?

Can someone please explain something? Omar Khadr was prosecuted by the USA government

for murder. But he was fighting in a military battle. I understand how he could be taken as a soldier of war and imprisoned as such but how could he be subject to criminal prosecution?

At the present moment 105mph Hurricane Earl is churning up the USA's east coast...

It seems to me that a severe winter Nor'easter, with 60-70 mph northeasterly winds in a 500+ mile fetch, is much more severe and damaging to Cape Cod, Long Island, Massachusetts eastern coast, et al., than Earl, with an easterly and northeasterly fetch of only 100 miles or less, would be if it struck; Am I correct?

Why is it that American articles - or daily weather programs (like those today about Earl) never point out that the Canadian maritimes over the past 20 years have been hit by more storms than anyplace in the USA, save for Florida?? (and Earl expected to likewise hit Nova Scotia Saturday).

Is this not, in its way, another case of American arrogance and self-indulgence and ignorance?

On the BBC World reports broadcast on the USA's NPR network most of the time the game for the World Cup is referred to as "Soccer" and not "football". Is the BBC doing this only for its American broadcsts? What is the game being called by the BBC in Britain?

On the BBC World broadcasts and reports on the USA's NPR network most of the time, but not universally, the game being played for the World Cup is called soccer instead of footbll. Is the BBC

only doing this on its brodcasts for the USA? Are they also using the term "soccer" in its domestic broadcasts in Great Britain?

Has ir ever occurred that a western Atlantic hurricane stayed over the Gulf Stream or other warm water and then struck Europe?

I keep reading how people in the midwest and the Chicago area in particular are apoplectic over the threat of the Asian carp making it into Lake Michigan, supposedly because it would decimate current Great Lakes fish stocks. Well, what has happened so far?? Have most of the other fish in the Mississippi and its tributaries been wiped out? None of the news stories about the Asian carp's

relentless spread up the Mississippi River system mentions this at all.

What would a taxi cost in Toronto from Pearson to Warden Avenue (about 32 km) or the Ontario Scienc Centre (about 34 km). including all sur-charges and taxes?

If the only true salmon is the Atlantic and what are called "Pacific Salmon" are not even the same species, why do they have similar pink flesh and taste so much the same?